Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-17
The Boom on Lake SuDeriOr.


The quantities OF freight offering to ves-
sells running from Cleveland to points on
Lake Superior and Michigan, is SO much
beyond their carrying capacity that the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie, Pittsburg & West
ern, and the Pennsylvania company have,
therefore, been compelled to withdraw the
rail and water rates they offered to those
points some weeks ago. This indicates
that the high allrail rates necessitated by
the Interstate law are forcing more traffic
to the water lines than the latter can take
care OF. It's all right for the Pennsylvania
and other roads named, but may be all
wrong for the Western roads who are los
ing the business.
At the annual meeting OF the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company
in Milwaukee, George G. Magoun and A. Van
Santvoord OF New York were chosen di-
rectors in place Of Alexander Mitchell and
Director Wadsworth, deceased, and the
other directors were reelected as follows:
Frank S. Bond. Peter Geddes, Hugh T.
Dicky, James Stillman, William Rockafel-
Ter, James T. Woodward, Joseph Melbank,
New York; Zelah Chamberlain Cleveland;
Phil Armour, Chicago; John Plankinton,
Milwaukee,; j. c. Easton, La Crosse. It
was decided not to elect successor to Al
exander Mitchell as president until q future
meeting, and Vice President Bond was re-
elected.
An effort viii be made in the next con-
gross to increase the weight OF the packages
OF merchandise which can be sent as fourth
class matter. Business OF this character
is now almost wholly restricted to local.
ties where there are no express companies.
The express companies have been very sue.
cessful opponents thus far OF all attempts
f. of(v1fso fho IS
class matter.
Stanford Bros, of Fergus Falls have been
awarded the contract for building the Con-
eregatioua' church for 500, the church
society to furnish the lumber.
In the Canadian parliament an appro-
priation OF $1,000, 600 for the new
Joseph Harrison, OF Pine township, Mer-.
Ger county, Pa, shot his brother in. law,
Thos. Mckay, intiicting q dangerous wound,
Harrison then ran into the woods, shot
himself in the abdomen and cut his throat.
He is supposed to have suddenly lost his
reason. 80 IT,. :,
AT Danville, Va, NJ. B. Farley, mana
ger. OF the city electric light orks, shot and
killed George Garner, aged eighteen. who
had been criminally intimate with Farley's
with. -
In answer to a proposition received
from the Toledo cadets to drill for S., 900
a side the captain oil. the Lomax Rifles of
Mobile says that they will underno circum-
stances be a. party to any action which
would reflect in the least upon the integri-
ty ofthe officers Of the regular army, who
were the judges in the competitive drill at
Washington. Aft
Gov. Davis OF Rhode Island is q widower
and the girls are after him. as*@
At the fortnightly meeting OF the Nation.
oil lengue in Dublin, the consensus OF opin.
ion OF those present was that the course of
Mr.. Davitt in advising the tenants TO re-
sist eviction by every means in their power
was not wise. The evictions at Bodyke
were continued. Tenant McNamara, who
was behind in his rent, defended his house,
but the bailiffe broke q hole in the wal, EN-.
tered, fought and overcame the occupants
and arrested them. The bailiffs charge the
tenants with having thrown vitrol upon
them, but this is denied. a tenant named
Murphy made q similar resistance against
eviction. 81 q: & 4. 8. i5 i
The thirty-eight annual convention OF
the American Medical association assem-
Ehled In Chicago on the 7th. The attend.
ance3 81 physicians and surgeons from all
parts 81 the country was unexp eetedly
large. ss IS s.
5s Ths AMERICAN Railway Master Mechanicl'
association wall hold it's twentieth annual
convention III st. Paul, beginning ON Tues-
day, the 2lsts and continuing about .
week. The most prominent men ia the
mechanical apartments 81 all the rail
roads ID the eount try win be present. and
IL is expected that il will bring 800 people